Bluetooth Inspector vs HapticHub
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bluetooth Inspector
Explore nearby Bluetooth devices and examine their services and characteristics. View real-time signal strength, battery levels for your own devices, and identify model names. Extract software versions and read or write characteristic values.
- Real-time signal strength and device information
- Apple device battery level monitoring
- Device model identification
- Software and firmware version extraction
- Read and write characteristic values
- Characteristic value history
- Log and export data
- Background scanning with Live Activity
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Discover nearby Bluetooth peripherals and inspect their services for information and characteristics. • View information and signal strength for all peripherals and devices, updating in real time as you move around. • Get battery level for your own Apple devices — no need to install the app on all your devices. • See model identification broadcast by devices around you, mapping device identifiers to the marketing name. • Extract software and firmware version strings from devices broadcasting this information. • Read any characteristic's value, even for services not well known and are custom to the device being interrogated. • Write characteristic values back to the peripheral as string, numeric or hex. • See a history of the value of a characteristic since the session started, timestamped to when the value changed. • Log found peripherals, services, characteristics and values, and export a .log file of timestamped events for your analysis. • Shortcuts integration with actions for scanning and interrogation, enumerating services and characteristics, and reading values. • Background scanning by advertised service IDs with device count mapped by location found and status shown in a Live Activity. Get support @grgarside or georgegarside.com/apps/bluetooth-inspector Constant use of Bluetooth connectivity can drain your device's battery. Bluetooth connectivity is only used when this app is in the foreground and up to a few seconds after being backgrounded to safely disconnect from peripherals being interrogated, unless Background Scanning is enabled in the app and the Live Activity is running.
HapticHub
This tool allows developers to simulate and generate code for haptic feedback effects on iOS. It offers real-time previews of vibration patterns and intensities, streamlining the integration of custom haptic experiences into applications.
- Comprehensive haptic effect simulation
- Real-time vibration preview
- Seamless code generation
- Streamlined development workflow
- Customizable haptic experiences
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HapticHub Offers: - Comprehensive simulation of standard and custom haptic effects - Real-time preview of vibration patterns, intensities, and durations - Seamless code generation for easy integration into your app - Streamlined development workflow to optimize haptic responsiveness Elevate Your App's Haptic Experiences Unlock the full potential of iOS haptic feedback with our powerful simulation tool. Quickly test and integrate haptic effects, from standard system vibrations to fully customizable experiences. Save time, reduce development cycles, and deliver exceptional haptic-enabled apps to your users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HapticHub at 5.0 against Bluetooth Inspector's 4.6. HapticHub also leads on iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.0). Bluetooth Inspector's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 1) and chart position (#38 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Bluetooth Inspector sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and HapticHub sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HapticHub holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bluetooth Inspector has 1.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Bluetooth Inspector | HapticHub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.5K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #38 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | George Garside | 心雨 郭 |
Customer experience
Bluetooth Inspector
HapticHub
Bugs and requests
Bluetooth Inspector
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to refresh device list without reinstalling
- Inconsistent behavior when selecting devices
- Mapping feature not functioning as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to rename detected devices
- Option to filter or hide known devices
- Integration with device location tracking
- Support for other wireless protocols (Wi-Fi, etc.)
HapticHub
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bluetooth Inspector
- Bluetooth Inspector Pro$3.99
HapticHub
- Unlock to export$1.99









